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FDR: I ask especially that no State shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon either in its old form or in…

On the recordDecember 28, 1933
I ask especially that no State shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon either in its old form or in some modern guise.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

A Telegram on the President's Opposition to the Return of the Saloon.

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